Performing Arts

Each gets up to $5,000.

Matthew Dean is magnificent.

Fuller House returns this weekend.

The 2017 theme is Arts Entrepreneurship In, With, and For Communities.

Fashion, F.Q. Story, and a silent book club.

Comedy, gaming, and holiday lights.

The fest no longer features film.

So thoughtful.

The idea is to bring dancers together.

The show stars Paige Davis from Trading Spaces.

For when you need to escape the fam.

Bar Flies, Ina Garten, and An Act of God.

Here’s when they’ll perform at Pueblo Grande Museum.

Mark your calendar.

Old-timey parades with waving flags and dignitaries in vintage convertibles may have fallen out of fashion. But in downtown Phoenix there’s one parade with a completely different vibe that’s a local tradition: Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts. It’s happening Saturday, November 12, in conjunction with the Grand Avenue Festival…

Beth Hebrew Synagogue in downtown Phoenix isn’t your typical place of worship. Besides religious services, the storied site has hosted film screenings, architectural lectures, and, perhaps most notably, a panel discussion with members of the Russian protest-art collective Pussy Riot.  Continuing in that vein is a late October theatrical adaptation of…

I wondered, as I headed to a second-week performance of Black Theatre Troupe’s Rasheeda Speaking, if it would be possible for a production starring Lillie Richardson and Katie McFadzen to be lousy. Could it be in some way lacking if the supporting cast were Joseph Kremer and Pamela Fields? How…

What happens in the studio shouldn’t always stay in the studio. Studio Visit is a monthly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This month: Katharine Leigh Simpson, whose work blends visual and…

Several Phoenix artists were honored Thursday, October 13, during the Mayor’s Arts Awards, presented with Phoenix Center for the Arts at Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix. Phoenix Center for the Arts is operated by a nonprofit arts organization with an education focus. Its downtown Phoenix venue includes a…

Sometimes it becomes difficult — almost impossible — to separate the character from the actor. The Christopher Walkens and Steve Buscemis of the world will always be viewed as themselves first, their portrayals second. The same can be said for characters who align closely with the personalities of the men…